Eli is a public defender representing his client in a first-degree murder case.Roxy,his client,does not want to make a plea,so the case is going to trial.Eli wants the jurors to be able to relate to his client,who grew up poor but started her own business.Lacking DNA evidence and an eyewitness to the crime,Eli believes the prosecutor may use his defendant's social standing to create a case based on the jury drawing conclusions from ______ evidence.

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Since there is no DNA evidence and eyewitness to the crime, the prosecutor may try to build a case based on circumstantial evidence. Circumstantial evidence relies on inferences and deductions to reach a conclusion, rather than direct evidence that proves a fact. Eli is concerned that Roxy's social standing may be used against her to create a case based on the jury drawing conclusions from circumstantial evidence.

Eli Is a Public Defender Representing His Client in a First-Degree